Unit VI:

World War II, the Cold War, and a New World Order

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Unit VI Calendar

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Chapter 29: World War II

The "important guideposts" for Chapter 29 are:

• The long-term and immediate causes of World War II.
• The course of battles and economic management during the war.
• Racism and the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews.
• The impact of the war on the people of Europe.
• Wartime diplomatic relations and plans for the postwar world sponsored by the victorious United Nations.

Corresponding chapters:

• Kagan Chapter 29 (Companion website page)

Class assignments/notes:

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Chapter 30: Faces of the Twentieth Century - European Social Experiences

TIME 100 (04/13/2008) - "Leaders and Revolutionaries" (Ghandi, Ben-Gurion, and Ho Chi Minh)

The "important guideposts" for Chapter 30 are:

• The origins of the Cold War and the division of Europe into rival eastern and western blocs.
• The process of decolonization, including the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
• The impact of the Cold War on the Middle East (Arab/Israeli Conflicts, Suez Crisis, Islamic terrorism).
• Political and economic developments in western Europe, particularly the Common Market.
• Soviet domination of eastern Europe and relatively unsuccessful protests against it through the early 1980s.

Corresponding chapters:

• Kagan Chapter 30 (Companion website page)

Class assignments/notes:

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Chapter 31: The Cold War Era and the Emergence of the New Europe

TIME 100 (04/13/2008) - "Leaders and Revolutionaries" (Thatcher, Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Waleasa, and Gorbachev)
TIME (12/08/2002) - "The Many Faces of Islam"
TIME (11/07/2005) - "Why Paris Is Burning"
TIME (02/15/2007) - "The Many Faces of Europe"

The "important guideposts" for Chapter 31 are:

• Population trends and migrations throughout Europe, and the continuing problem of ethnic tensions with Islam.
  • French Population Pyramid
  • Russian Population Pyramid in 1990 (Soviet Era) and 2005 (Post-Soviet Era)
  • UK Population Pyramid (view with Firefox)[[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/populationestimates/svg_pyramid/uk/index.html|]]
  • Germany Population Pyramid
• Postwar intellectual and social movements.
• Gorbachev’s reform programs in the Soviet Union.
• The collapse of old-line Communism in eastern Europe and Russia, including the subsequent civil wars in the former Yugoslavia.

Corresponding chapters:

• Kagan Chapter 31 (Companion website page)

Class assignments/notes: